Collegeprowler.com users rank students hottest and friendliest ---
According to collegeprowler.com, Brigham Young University ranks number one in the nation for friendliest guys; BYU-Idaho is third.
On the website, BYU students can sign up for a free account and put their two cents in by answering surveys and submitting reviews. Such grassroot results form the basis for the website’s ratings.
Collegeprowler.com rankings place BYU students among the nicest and most attractive in the nation. Photo by Derrick Lytle
Not only are BYU men nice, however, according to collegeprowler.com BYU guys are supposedly immensely attractive, placing first again.
Katherine104’s review claims, “Boys here are great. Whatever your preference, you can find any type you want (hipsters, preps, jocks, sweet shy boys, EVERYTHING). Most of them are complete gentlemen and lots of them know how to show girls some good, clean fun.”
Apparently what may be over-the-top chivalry is not high on everyone’s list: a female with the screen name dcrisanto’s comments that “everyone who goes to school here is freakishly nice and courteous and social.”
Given the encouragement from LDS Church leaders to value women, the nice bit may not be all too surprising. President Boyd K. Packer has said, “While the husband, the father, has responsibility to provide worthy and inspired leadership, his wife is neither behind him nor ahead of him but at his side” (Ensign, May 1998, 73). Guys and girls are encouraged to act as equals. And, as it turns out, BYU women were also ranked the friendliest girls in the nation and BYU-Idaho girls fourth.
Not, bad. But wait, there’s more.
The friendliness of BYU students is not their only virtue. BYU ranks number one in where students feel safest. Lieutenant Arnold Lemmon, public information officer for BYU Police, said he wasn’t all too surprised that BYU came first in the safety department. He attributes it to the uniqueness of the student body.
He explains, “There are very few alcohol and drug cases. So, we do not deal with the negative externalities related to those cases.” Lemmon then continued explaining, “We follow the broken windows concept that Mayor Rudy Giuliani used. We take care of the little things. For example, we have a zero tolerance policy for retail theft. Overall, the biggest factor is the character of the students.”
Another part of the honor code includes the LDS dietary guidelines referred to as the Word of Wisdom, encouraging students to be both exercise and eat healthily. BYU environment tops the list of most drug-free campuses, best schools for non-drinkers and least underage drinkers.
In short, welcome, teetotalers! Grab a can of de-caf soda (but please no Naked Juice) and go spend a very safe, clean night on town with some of the most attractive men and women in America. If you’re afraid you won’t be able to find anything to do, check out the HFAC — BYU’s performance venues are number one in the nation according to collegeprowler.com. And maybe one day soon we’ll be known for our brains as much as we are known for our alleged beauty.
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